Basically each chess piece is made more powerful. The King, Queen, Rook, and Bishop can now jump like Knights in addition to their usual moves; the Knight can move one step at a time in any direction like a King in addition to its normal move; and the Pawns can move or capture in any of the three forward directions. They can't move two spaces on their first move, however, thereby rendering en passant non-existent as well. Castling occurs normally as in normal chess, although it's not always necessary due to the high mobility of the pieces. Gameplay starts out a bit slow at first but soon becomes a brutal battle towards the end.

An advantage to this variant is that it can be played with normal chess pieces and boards.

Here are the new Roman names of the pieces:
King = Caesar
Queen = Imperatrix
Rook = Castrum
Bishop = Pontifex
Knight = Eques
Pawn = Gladiator